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MIKHAIL LARIONOV (1881-1964) BAL DE LA GRANDE OURSE. 1925. Broadside / Program and hand-bill. Sizes vary. Condition varies, Generally A. Paper. Hand-signed by Larionov in pen. The emigrant Russian artistic community in Montparnasse was very active starting in the years before WWII. The large ball they hosted every year in order to raise money for their union was one of the highlights of the Paris avant-garde season. Begun in 1923 with the Grand Bal, 1924 saw the Bal Banal, and in 1925 it was the Bal de la Grande Ourse (the Big Dipper). The poster for this event was designed by Auguste Herbin (see Swann Modernist Poster Catalogue #1897, lot 12). This double-sided, broadside program features cubist designs by Larionov, part of a musical score, a list of participants and events, and more.
